Did I hear this right? Is the UN disbanding the Human Rights Commission?

Nikki Stone 1

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Sun Mar-20-05 09:25 PM
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Did I hear this right? Is the UN disbanding the Human Rights Commission?

Just heard on ABC World News tonight that Kofi Annan is talking about expanding the membership of the security council and disbanding the UN Human Rights Commission. What is up with that?

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DRoseDARs

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Sun Mar-20-05 09:33 PM
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1. He wants to replace it with a similar organization that's more independant

Edited on Sun Mar-20-05 09:37 PM by DRoseDARs

and can get more done.

Edit: Sorry, I misinterpreted the "independant" bit. He's just trying to make the organization a little better at doing its job to protect Human rights.

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TrustingDog

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Sun Mar-20-05 09:35 PM
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2. under what name? The subhuman Rights commission...

meaning the corporate world?

get more done for whom? I am suspect, always.

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DRoseDARs

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Sun Mar-20-05 09:36 PM
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3. Here, try this link:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050321/ap_on_re_us/un_annan_reforms_5

From the article:
"We will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights," Annan said. "Unless all these causes are advanced, none will succeed."

One of the major proposals calls for the creation of a Human Rights Council � possibly as a principal organ of the United Nations like the Security Council or the General Assembly � to replace the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights. It has long faced criticism for allowing the worst-offending countries to use their membership to protect each other from condemnation.

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Nikki Stone 1

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Sun Mar-20-05 10:02 PM
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5. Thanks so much for the information.

I wonder if it has any legs?

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RaleighNCDUer

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Sun Mar-20-05 09:39 PM
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4. Maybe they want to be able to call us on being a world leader

in imprisonments, executions, show trials...

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Wilms

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Mon Mar-21-05 03:18 AM
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6. kick n/t

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